The Role of Council

The processes through which the Council engages with its community, how the Council makes decisions, and how citizens can influence those processes.

The Kāpiti Coast District Council enables democratic local decision making to promote the social, economic, environmental and cultural wellbeing of the Kāpiti Coast. In meeting its purpose the Kāpiti Coast District Council has a variety of roles:

facilitating solutions to local needs

advocacy on behalf of the local community with central government, other local authorities and other agencies

The Local Governance Statement is a collection of information about the processes through which the Council engages with its community, how the Council makes decisions, and how citizens can influence those processes.

For the 2016-2019 Triennium (ie term of office) the Mayor exercised his powers under section 41A of the Local Government Act 2002 and established Committees, appointed Chairs to those Committees, and set their terms of reference, and membership. The...

A Local Authority by-election must be held to fill an extra ordinary vacancy when the vacancy occurs more than 12 months out from the next full election (the second Saturday in October, once every three years).

On 27 August 2015 Council met to consider submissions and make a decision about the final proposal for representation arrangements for the 2016 local body elections. This decision marked another milestone in the representation review process which bega...

The draft policy was adopted by Council in December 2015. For reference, please click on link to access the policy on Declaration of Elected Member Interests . The link below takes you to the current register of returns for Elected Members with their...